Chemra Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Chemra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 237 | 1:17,278 | 1,606 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
Chemra (17) may also be a first name.
Chemra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chemra (Bengali: চেমরা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻤﺮﻩ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chemra.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemra? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,035,555th most numerous surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chemra live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Chemra is also the 2,694,839th most widespread given name internationally, borne by 17 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 237 people, or 1 in 17,278. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 19 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 18 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 14 percent are found. Not including Mauritania Chemra occurs in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chemra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chemra in the Bengali language | ||
| চেমরা | cemara | - |
| Chemra in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻤﺮﻩ | alshmrh | 66.15 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻤﺮ | alshmr | 24.62 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻤﺮﺓ | alshmrt | 4.62 |
| ﺍﺷﻤﺮ | ashmr | 3.08 |
| ﺷﻤﺮﻩ | shmrh | 1.54 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chemra
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